Valentin Mimra was one of the founding members of Firun and Abstractyss and has also recorded and performed live with them. He is currently the drummer in Soulful and Rockcircus. Valentin was born on March 24th 1992 in Salzburg, Austria. He grew up learning to play the drums primarily self-taught by listening to his early biggest influences: Billy Cobham, Simon Phillips, Mat Madiro, Ian Paise. As he developed a taste for more challenging progressive music, his biggest influences were Mike Portnoy, Mike Mangini (Dream Theater), Matt Halpern (Periphery), Sebastian Lanser (Obscura). He has been performing since the age of 10. One of his first concerts in Vienna with famous musicians like Andy Baum, Gottfried Gfrerer, Willi Resetarits, He also performed live in Vienna with Monti Beton till he was 15 years old. From 2010 till 2014 he was one of the founding members of Firun. 2013 and 2015 he was a part of the Drum-Challenge in Switzerland.